February 2013

I’ve been associated with this magazine in one capacity or another for the past 20 plus years. As a new year begins, I’ve made it a habit to look back through the previous seven issues to pick out which articles caught my interest. I grabbed a copy of the Popular Woodworking...

Combine simple construction and sophisticated proportions.
By Glen D. Huey
Pages 22-29
In 1760, Dutch gin bottles made their way to the Colonies. Soon thereafter, the first known example of a lidded box designed to hold those gin bottles was built. Many of the bottle boxes, gin boxes or cellarettes, as they are known,...

The hard truth about these ancient tools.
By Wilbur Pan
Pages 30-32
Japanese tools have a reputation of being suitable only for softwoods. This is an unfounded worry, especially in the case of Japanese chisels. As woodworker Kari Hultman (writer of The Village Carpenter blog) attests, “I would like to publicly profess my love...

Learn a straightforward approach to creating stunning details.
By Marco Cecala
Pages 33-39
I come to the field of woodworking with an unfair advantage. I grew up in a family jewelry business and did a lot of detail work from an early age. So it’s no surprise that when I started making furniture I...

Make a Greene & Greene-style bed with simplified construction.
By Darrell Peart
Pages 40-47
Recently I joined a group whose primary goal is to restore the Thorsen House, one of the “Ultimate Bungalows” designed by Charles and Henry Greene. In fact, I am on the board of directors of the Friends of the Thorsen...

A simple table saw technique levels four legs in no time flat.
By Gary Rogowski
Pages 52-54
Rock-n-roll. That’s what four-legged pieces have a habit of doing – even with perfect joinery and a careful and unhurried assembly. Even with all the care and attention you paid to building it correctly, it doesn’t sit...

These traditional tools are a throwback for a thoroughly modern maker.
By Christopher Schwarz
Page 14
Perhaps the last tools I ever expected to come out of the Blue Spruce Toolworks are the most traditional set of modern bench chisels I have ever used.
After all, Dave Jeske of Blue Spruce has spent all of...

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